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Department of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Medicine
4301 Jones Bridge Road, C1094
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799
Phone: (301) 295-2010
Fax: (301) 295-5792
Palliative Care
1. Reading
- Required Readings:
- 1. Evidence-based interventions to improve the paliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.
Qaseem A, Snow V, Shekelle P, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 15;148(2):141-6.
- 2. Primer for Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
Swagerty, D, Johnson, M. Primer for Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. University of Kansas School of Medicine/Theo and Alfred M. Landon Center on Aging-prepared material. 2005.
- 1. Evidence-based interventions to improve the paliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.
- Recommended Readings:
- 3. Good care of the dying patient
Council of Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Good care of the dying patient. Journal of American Medical Association. 1996; 275:474-8.
- 4. The Management Of Chronic Pain in Older Persons
International Review Syllabus in Geriatrics - Palliative Care by Healthandage.com, Novartis Foundation for Gerontology and the American Geriatrics Society.
- 5. Psychological Considerations, Growth, and Transcendence at the End of Life: The Art of the Possible
Block, S.D. Psychological Considerations, Growth, and Transcendence at the End of Life: The Art of the Possible. Journal of American Medical Association. 2001; 285(22):pp. 3002.
- 3. Good care of the dying patient
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